Comparison

Guitar Time vs World Controller

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Guitar Time

Learn and play your favorite songs with a comprehensive chord library and customizable arrangements. Features an intuitive guitar tuner and the ability to create your own chord diagrams. Offers a PRO status for advanced features and unlimited song collections.

Highlights
  • Popular song library
  • Chord schemes collection
  • Intuitive guitar tuner
  • Custom chord creation
  • Autoscroll speed adjustment
  • Song arrangement tools
Features
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Play your favourite songs! With Guitar Time you can easily play many popular songs or add your own song. Convenient chord selection system with filtering capability, intuitive schemes of popular chords and the ability to create your own chord. You can place the chords in the song yourself and play it comfortably by adjusting the autoscroll speed. The automatic tuner will help you tune your guitar in a few steps. Main features: - Most popular song’s library - Chord’s schemes collection - Intuitive guitar tuner - Convenient search and filtering system - Easy to arrange the chords in a song - Clear chord schemes - Ability to create your own chord - Author’s song collection With PRO status you have an oppotrunity to: - Any number of songs in your collection - Use a professional tuner to tune your guitar - Unlimited number of custom chords And many many other…

About

World Controller

Features
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World Controller was written to solve a particular problem I encountered in live performance. I needed a way to choose a Digital Performer chunk simultaneously on multiple computers, AND select a corresponding MainStage patch to play live parts against a track. Specifically, World Controller uses a wireless network MIDI session to control Digital Performer and MainStage at the same time. Any Mac Laptop on the same wifi network that subscribes to the wireless MIDI session (set up in Audio MIDI Setup) can respond to commands sent from World Controller, perfect for simultaneous control of multiple computers in a redundant playback situation. You can create a set list that can be edited and re-ordered any way you like. Each set list item provides a button to select a particular Digital Performer chunk, and another button to select a MainStage patch. There are also transport controls for Digital Performer playback as well (sent as Patch change commands to the DP Remote Commands), allowing you to start, stop and rewind the current chunk to zero. This app is optimized for use with these two pieces of software, and it is the missing link for me that enables seamless playback in a complex live performance situation. More features will come in subsequent versions, but right now, all the commands sent wirelessly are patch change commands on channels 15 and 16 (MainStage and DP respectively). Any musician on stage can now run the app and be connected via peer to peer networking to get live updates of the set list. Everybody see the same list and sees what song is cued up to be played next. There's nothing else out there that does this one specific thing!

Screenshots

Guitar Time4 screens
World Controller1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: World Controller at none against Guitar Time's 5. World Controller also leads on ads (none vs shown). Guitar Time's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Guitar Time sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. World Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guitar Time ships an update every 4 days, World Controller every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Guitar Time versus World Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuitar TimeWorld Controller
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOleh SavenkoVandalay Industries

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Guitar Time

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Plan$9.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (7 days trial)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (50% discount)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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  • Premium Plan (Half Year)$49.996 Months
  • Premium Plan (Year)$79.991 Year
None

World Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guitar Time free?
Guitar Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is World Controller free?
World Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guitar Time or World Controller have ads?
Guitar Time shows ads; World Controller does not.
Which is updated more often, Guitar Time or World Controller?
Guitar Time ships an update every 4 days, and World Controller every 6 months. Most recently, Guitar Time was updated on August 7, 2026 and World Controller on September 15, 2026.

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